Woman who forgot to 'park', crashes car

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A 62-year-old woman crashed her vehicle into a shop in Sabah’s east-coast Tawau district after failing to turn off the engine and shift the gear to "park," police said.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 62-year-old woman crashed her car into a shop in Tawau after forgetting to shift the

00:06gear to park and turn off the engine.

00:09The car, with one passenger on board, was parked in front of the premises, with the

00:13engine still running when the incident occurred along Jalan Bintang, off Batu Tiga Jalan Apas,

00:18on Saturday.

00:19Tawau District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Jasmine Husin said an initial investigation

00:25found that the driver had exited the vehicle without securing the gear in park or switching

00:30off the engine.

00:32As a result, the car moved forward and smashed into the shop's glass window.

00:36ACP Jasmine confirmed that the shop's glass door and some interior items were damaged

00:41but no workers were injured.

00:43The case is being investigated under Section 43, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act

00:481987 for careless driving causing an accident.

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